[PATCH v2 2/2] perf/annotate: Fix missing branch counter column in TUI mode
From: Thomas Falcon
Date: Fri Apr 10 2026 - 16:23:46 EST
perf annotate checks that evlist->nr_br_cntr has been incremented
to determine whether to show branch counter information. However,
this data is not populated until after the check when events are
processed. Therefore, this counter will always be less than zero
and the Branch Count column is never shown. Do this check after
events have been processed and branch counter data is updated.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Sent an older version by mistake, updated to the latest version.
---
tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 5e57b78548f4..7bddbaee1cde 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ static int __cmd_annotate(struct perf_annotate *ann)
if (ret)
goto out;
+ if ((use_browser == 1 || ann->use_stdio2) && ann->has_br_stack)
+ if (session->evlist->nr_br_cntr > 0)
+ annotate_opts.show_br_cntr = true;
+
if (dump_trace) {
perf_session__fprintf_nr_events(session, stdout);
evlist__fprintf_nr_events(session->evlist, stdout);
@@ -926,11 +930,8 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv)
* branch counters, if the corresponding branch info is available
* in the perf data in the TUI mode.
*/
- if ((use_browser == 1 || annotate.use_stdio2) && annotate.has_br_stack) {
+ if ((use_browser == 1 || annotate.use_stdio2) && annotate.has_br_stack)
sort__mode = SORT_MODE__BRANCH;
- if (annotate.session->evlist->nr_br_cntr > 0)
- annotate_opts.show_br_cntr = true;
- }
if (setup_sorting(/*evlist=*/NULL, perf_session__env(annotate.session)) < 0)
usage_with_options(annotate_usage, options);
--
2.43.0